Umesh kumar Potti

CTO

Hyderabad, Telangana, India17 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led modernization initiatives in gaming technology.
Redesigned Azure backup solutions for massive scale.
Championed AI-assisted engineering for productivity.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Engineering Leader with extensive experience in Gaming and Software Development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementCloud TechnologiesData EngineeringSoftware Development

Other Skills

ActionScriptAmazon Web Services (AWS)Android DevelopmentAndroid SDKAndroid StudioAutomationBCDRBlob StorageCC#C++Cloud NativeComplianceCore JavaData-driven decision-making

About

At Ivy, my focus is on pioneering engineering solutions that leverage the full potential of cloud technologies. My recent tenure at Observe.AI was marked by the successful orchestration of complex data ingestion pipelines, showcasing my commitment to innovation and excellence in cloud-native environments. Our team at Ivy benefits from my director-level engineering management skills, honed through creating scalable infrastructures and robust engineering strategies. The dedication to delivering outstanding customer experiences drives my pursuit of leveraging AWS capabilities to engineer cutting-edge solutions.

Experience

17 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 7 mos

Current Experience

Entain india

Head of Engineering

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

As Head of Engineering – Gaming at Entain (IVY Comptech), I lead large-scale modernization and platform transformation initiatives across Casino, Poker, Bingo, and GameFactory, driving speed, scalability, and resilience across our global gaming ecosystem. With over two decades of engineering leadership experience, I focus on building systems and teams that deliver measurable business impact through data-driven decision-making, automation, and technical excellence.
I oversee a 250+ member organization spanning 15 cross-functional squads, uniting Engineering, SRE, DevOps, and QA under a shared mission to enhance operational efficiency, reliability, and developer experience. My approach combines strong architectural discipline — across Kubernetes-based microservices, service mesh, messaging systems, and infrastructure-as-code — with a deep commitment to security, compliance, and performance at scale, supporting 100M+ global users daily.
Passionate about innovation and developer productivity, I champion AI-assisted engineering through platforms like Amazon Q, GitLab Duo, and RADAR, enabling engineers to work smarter and faster. My leadership philosophy is simple — build empowered teams, nurture a culture of trust and accountability, and use technology as a force multiplier to drive continuous improvement and long-term business value.

KubernetesMicroservicesService MeshMessaging SystemsInfrastructure as CodeSecurity+4

Observe.ai

Principal Engineering Lead

Jan 2024 – Nov 2024 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Data Engineering, Ingestion Pipelines, Orchestration frameworks, Cloud native

Data EngineeringIngestion PipelinesOrchestration FrameworksCloud NativeCloud Technologies

Paytm

Director of Engineering

Apr 2023 – Jan 2024 · 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Engineering Management

Compass

Lead Software Engineer

May 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Amazon Web Services (AWS)RDBMSGradleCloud Technologies

Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2016 – May 2021 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

BCDR (Azure Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery)
Using blob Storage (both Block/Page blobs), redesigned entire Backup solution for a scale of 2 Exa Bytes across 38 data centers with zero to little downtime
Designed and proposed a solution for monitoring health of azure cores which will help in proactively taking precautionary steps for business continuity.
Designed and Developed a feature which targets at reducing the costing on customers for the existing backup solution. Achieved savings as high as 30% with these changes.

Microsoft AzureSoftware DesignC#GitHubCloud TechnologiesSoftware Development

Adobe systems

Computer Scientist

Aug 2008 – Nov 2016 · 8 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Flash Runtime
Porting FlashLite/Flash Player for mobiles and Digital Home environments.
Designed/implemented AS2, AS3 and AMC extensions which are analogous to JNI extension. This extensiblity feature enabled flash runtime to take advantage of device capabilities like accelerometer, voice recording and get them exposed to flash content developers via ActionScript APIs
Adobe Flash CC(now Animate CC)
Designed/implemented framework for custom platform, which enables customers to come up with their own document types in Flash. Currently there is only AS3 document type with which a SWF can be generated.
Designed/implemented Sync Preferences feature. This feature Adobe Flash CC(renamed to Animate CC) enables individual users to sync their settings using Creative Cloud across different clients and versions.
Android Creative Cloud SDK
Designed/implemented multiple features in Creative Cloud android App(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.cc&hl=en)
Designed Library manger in SDK which is equivalent to sync adapter/service in Android